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| Public Act 104-0354 | ||||
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AN ACT concerning education. | ||||
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | ||||
represented in the General Assembly: | ||||
Section 5. The Department of Early Childhood Act is | ||||
amended by changing Section 1-30 as follows: | ||||
(325 ILCS 3/1-30) | ||||
Sec. 1-30. General powers and duties. | ||||
(a) The Department shall exercise the rights, powers, | ||||
duties, and functions provided by law, including, but not | ||||
limited to, the rights, powers, duties, and functions | ||||
transferred to the Department. | ||||
(a-5) The Department shall establish an Early Childhood | ||||
Integrated Data System (ECIDS) to make equity driven, | ||||
inclusive, and data-informed decisions that create a simpler, | ||||
better, and fairer system for all Illinois children and | ||||
families. The ECIDS shall be designed and maintained to allow | ||||
for data integration and sharing with other State agencies and | ||||
other entities that maintain State data within the State early | ||||
childhood ecosystem as needed for cross-agency collaboration | ||||
and to the extent permitted by State and federal requirements. | ||||
The Department shall develop public analytic portals and | ||||
query tools for parents and communities to access aggregated | ||||
integrated data from the ECIDS system to the extent permitted | ||||
by State and federal confidentiality requirements. | ||
(b) The Department may employ personnel (in accordance | ||
with the Personnel Code and any applicable collective | ||
bargaining agreements), provide facilities, contract for goods | ||
and services, and adopt rules as necessary to carry out its | ||
functions and purposes, all in accordance with applicable | ||
State and federal law. | ||
The Department may establish such subdivisions of the | ||
Department as shall be desirable and assign to the various | ||
subdivisions the responsibilities and duties placed upon the | ||
Department by the Laws of the State of Illinois. | ||
The Department shall adopt, as necessary, rules for the | ||
execution of its powers. The provisions of the Illinois | ||
Administrative Procedure Act are hereby expressly adopted and | ||
shall apply to all administrative rules and procedures of the | ||
Department under this Act, except that Section 5-35 of the | ||
Illinois Administrative Procedure Act relating to procedures | ||
for rulemaking does not apply to the adoption of any rule | ||
required by federal law in connection with which the | ||
Department is precluded by law from exercising any discretion. | ||
(c) Procurements necessary for the Department of Early | ||
Childhood to implement this Act are subject to the Illinois | ||
Procurement Code, except as otherwise provided in paragraph | ||
(25) of subsection (b) of Section 1-10 of that Code. The | ||
Department of Early Childhood is subject to the Business | ||
Enterprise for Minorities, Women, and Persons with | ||
Disabilities Act. | ||
(Source: P.A. 103-594, eff. 6-25-24.) | ||